S. Fleary, Patrece L. Joseph, Pauline B. Dimaano, Ailish Dougherty
{"title":"It’s Just the Fact It’s Against Us: The Role of Social Determinants of Health in Young Children’s Caregivers’ Preventive Health Behaviors","authors":"S. Fleary, Patrece L. Joseph, Pauline B. Dimaano, Ailish Dougherty","doi":"10.1177/26320770221095788","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/26320770221095788","url":null,"abstract":"Persistent racial-, ethnic-, and income-related disparities in health outcomes for children suggest that there is still much to do to develop interventions that are responsive to communities’ needs. Cultural health capital, the health-related attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors needed to engage in a healthy lifestyle, is acquired throughout childhood and informs adult preventive health behaviors (PHBs). However, primary caregivers’ social determinants of health (SDH) dictate the opportunities they have for building children’s cultural health capital. Given that targeted, responsive interventions and policies to promote PHB in young children are needed, the purpose of this study was to explore how caregivers with varying SDH define preventive health and what affects their engagement in PHBs for themselves and their children. Six focus groups with primary caregivers of young children (N = 37, 89% female, mean age = ∼37.9 years old, ∼36% White) were conducted at community organizations. Data were analyzed using a deductive approach, and emergent themes were categorized by types of SDH (downstream, upstream, or both) within each focus group. Focus groups were categorized into three clusters based on participants’ SDH and access to resources: high-resource, low-income/moderate-resource, and low-income/low-resource. Caregivers’ definitions of preventive health were rooted in upstream and downstream determinants and differed by cluster. All clusters identified money and access to resources as barriers to engaging in PHBs and acknowledged that structural inequity impacted access to resources. Policies, programs, and structural change to address systemic barriers and mistrust in systems are vital to reduce disparities in health outcomes for children.","PeriodicalId":73906,"journal":{"name":"Journal of prevention and health promotion","volume":"17 1","pages":"300 - 326"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78438834","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. McMahon, V. Banyard, N. Peterson, J. Cusano, Qiana L. Brown, Antoinette Y. Farmer
{"title":"Physical Spaces for Campus Sexual Violence Prevention: A Conceptual Model","authors":"S. McMahon, V. Banyard, N. Peterson, J. Cusano, Qiana L. Brown, Antoinette Y. Farmer","doi":"10.1177/26320770221093641","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/26320770221093641","url":null,"abstract":"As a part of socio-ecological approaches to campus sexual violence prevention, there is a call for greater attention to the role of the environment. Despite this, physical space, an aspect of the built environment, is understudied. There is a lack of models for the ways physical space can help facilitate prevention efforts on campus. Disciplines such as criminology have put forth theories such as crime prevention through environmental design, which offer a foundation for application to college campuses but which require modification. The current model draws from reviews of research, theory, and critiques of work on the prevention and the physical environment to present a strengths-centered, social justice–based model for campuses to incorporate the consideration of physical spaces into sexual violence prevention planning.","PeriodicalId":73906,"journal":{"name":"Journal of prevention and health promotion","volume":"12 1","pages":"347 - 378"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86537016","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Karen M. O’Brien, Gilly Cannon, Allison K. Stearns, Carol Walsh, E. Hill
{"title":"“I’m Not Alone”: A Group Intervention for Grieving Children","authors":"Karen M. O’Brien, Gilly Cannon, Allison K. Stearns, Carol Walsh, E. Hill","doi":"10.1177/26320770221098730","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/26320770221098730","url":null,"abstract":"Grieving children are at risk for negative outcomes (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2020). This study described a collaboration between a community agency and a large school district to create and implement groups for grieving children. A preliminary evaluation of the effectiveness of these groups was conducted. Quantitative and qualitative data from 318 students, 59 group facilitators, and 59 school counselors indicated that the grief group was a promising intervention for diverse students with regard to enhancing awareness about grief, reducing isolation, providing a place to share feelings, and learning coping strategies after the death of a significant person. This research may inform the development, implementation, and evaluation of other important interventions established through community partnerships to prevent negative outcomes associated with unattended grief in childhood.","PeriodicalId":73906,"journal":{"name":"Journal of prevention and health promotion","volume":"35 1","pages":"395 - 414"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77383330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Rizzo, Carrie K. W. Li, V. Banyard, Katie M. Edwards
{"title":"Who Do We Model? A Brief Report Comparing Different Sources of Normative Influence on Adolescent Bystander Intervention","authors":"A. Rizzo, Carrie K. W. Li, V. Banyard, Katie M. Edwards","doi":"10.1177/26320770221096764","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/26320770221096764","url":null,"abstract":"Adolescence is a critical period of development in which various socializing relationships can play an important role in shaping behavior. This study examined adolescents’ bystander helping in relation to their perceived norms supporting intervention in dating and sexual violence situations across four different norm-referent groups. Survey questions asked about students’ bystander behavior and perceptions of bystander norms based on whether the norm was endorsed by friends, parents, teachers, and people in town. Paper-and-pencil surveys were completed during the school day by high school students (N = 609) in three different towns in northern New England. We used multinomial logistic regression to compare the impact of different norms on bystander behavior. Friend- and parent-referent bystander norms were both individually associated with increased helping behaviors. Multivariate analysis found only friend-referent norms were significantly related to more frequent helping behaviors. The implications of these results can inform norms-based prevention programs for adolescents.","PeriodicalId":73906,"journal":{"name":"Journal of prevention and health promotion","volume":"12 1","pages":"379 - 394"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87323348","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Subjective Social Status and Mental Health Outcomes: The Role of Mindfulness","authors":"Hannah K. Heitz, A. Mitchell","doi":"10.1177/26320770221087248","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/26320770221087248","url":null,"abstract":"Positive personal resources have been shown to buffer the relationship between low subjective social status and poor mental health outcomes. However, limited data exist in relation to the role of mindfulness. The current study investigated how mindfulness moderates the relationship between subjective social status with life satisfaction and subjective well-being. Three hundred and twenty-two adults completed measures assessing subjective social status, as measured by the society and community ladders, mindfulness, life satisfaction, and well-being. Using PROCESS, a macro for SPSS and SAS, mindfulness was found to significantly moderate the relationship between society ladder and life satisfaction (△R2 = .02, 95% confidence interval (CI) [−0.93, −0.15], p = .007) as well as the community ladder and life satisfaction (△R2 = .01, 95% CI [−.92, −0.11], p = .013). No significant moderating effect was found between the society ladder and subjective well-being (95% CI [−0.59, 1.73], p = .335) or the community ladder and subjective well-being (95% CI [−0.82, 1.54], p = .551). These findings underscore the value of investigating how positive personal resources, such as mindfulness, impact the subjective social status-well-being relationship. Additional research examining the subjective social status–health relationship through a strengths-based lens will be fruitful in identifying resources that promote positive outcomes in the face of economic marginalization.","PeriodicalId":73906,"journal":{"name":"Journal of prevention and health promotion","volume":"49 1","pages":"445 - 467"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82529658","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Longitudinal Relationship Between Peer Relations and Empathy and their Joint Contribution to Reducing Bullying in Middle School: Findings from a Randomized Trial of Cooperative Learning.","authors":"Mark J Van Ryzin, Cary J Roseth","doi":"10.1177/26320770221094032","DOIUrl":"10.1177/26320770221094032","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The positive peer relations arising from cooperative learning can contribute to the development of affective empathy, which in turn can reduce bullying (Van Ryzin & Roseth, 2019). However, from a theoretical perspective, the direction of effects between peer relations and empathy could be in the opposite direction, or bi-directional. In the current paper, we employed a process-oriented approach (i.e., cross-lag difference score modeling; McArdle, 2009) to investigate the longitudinal relationship between positive peer relations and affective empathy, as well as their joint effect on bullying. Using four waves of data from a cluster randomized trial including 15 middle schools (7 intervention and 8 control schools; <i>N</i>=1,890 students, 47.1% female, 75.2% White), we found a bi-directional or reciprocal relationship between peer relations and affective empathy, and change in both constructs predicted lower levels of bullying. Cooperative learning predicted positive change in peer relations and affective empathy, as well as lower levels of bullying. These results suggest that the structured social interactions that occur during cooperative learning can enhance student interpersonal relations, and simultaneously the experiential skill building of cooperative learning can contribute to a more profound understanding of the emotional states of others. These effects amplify one another and, in turn, significantly reduce bullying in middle school. Given that cooperative learning has already been demonstrated to enhance academic motivation and achievement (Roseth et al., 2008), we argue that cooperative learning offers an effective, attractive alternative to traditional curriculum-based bullying prevention programs (National Library of Medicine [NLM], NCT03119415).</p>","PeriodicalId":73906,"journal":{"name":"Journal of prevention and health promotion","volume":"3 2","pages":"147-165"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9934011/pdf/nihms-1864733.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9347536","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Affective Teaching: A Method to Reduce Negative Classroom Behavior and Improve Relationships","authors":"Mary Mulla Abu-Yaman, Z. Shechtman","doi":"10.1177/26320770221094679","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/26320770221094679","url":null,"abstract":"The established connection between disruptive and aggressive behavior, classroom climate, and classroom relationships led to an increase in suggested prevention programs. In the current study, we suggest a teaching modality (rather a program) named affective teaching and assess its effect on students’ behavior, motivation, achievement, and classroom climate, as well as on teacher self-efficacy. Participants were 92 teachers of 2893 fifth and sixth graders from 19 Arab schools in Israel. A hierarchical model of analysis (Mixed Models) was used to assess children’s gains in two randomized teaching conditions: affective teaching and conventional teaching. Results indicated more favorable outcomes on all measures in the affective teaching condition compared to control. Relationships, behavior, and teacher efficacy were significantly associated with children’s gains in motivation and content knowledge. The discussion focuses on the potential effect of this unique teaching modality on children’s psychological growth and adjusting behavior.","PeriodicalId":73906,"journal":{"name":"Journal of prevention and health promotion","volume":"2 1","pages":"126 - 146"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87917742","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Introduction to the Special Issue on Preventing Bullying and Promoting a Healthy School Environment","authors":"A. Horne, P. Orpinas","doi":"10.1177/26320770221086956","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/26320770221086956","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73906,"journal":{"name":"Journal of prevention and health promotion","volume":"58 1","pages":"123 - 125"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76995507","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Conceptual Application of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to Treat Victims of Bullying.","authors":"Janet A Lydecker","doi":"10.1177/26320770221074008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/26320770221074008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Bullying is a critical pediatric public health problem; estimates across diverse methodologies generally indicate that roughly 36% of youth are bullied. Although policy initiatives aim to address the universal prevention of bullying, and school-level secondary prevention programs aim to reduce the occurrence of bullying, tertiary prevention and intervention programs that mitigate the negative consequences experienced by victims of bullying remain an understudied need. The nature of bullying (that it occurs as events, leaves children feeling unsafe, and engenders emotional distress) and the association of bullying with posttraumatic stress symptoms among youth suggests that trauma treatment for bullying is promising. This manuscript presents the rationale for treating victims of bullying with trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT), describes the components of TF-CBT, and discusses how to use TF-CBT specifically for bullying. Conducting research on treatment outcomes when using TF-CBT for bullying is critical to evaluate its efficacy and effectiveness in this group. Behavioral clinical trials would provide evidence for whether TF-CBT reduces the mental health harm experienced by youth victims of bullying. This evidence is an essential step to address the public health problem of bullying because the scientific literature currently does not have a well-established individual-level treatment for victims of bullying that mental health providers in diverse settings can deliver, despite individuals' beliefs that health care providers are important sources of help for youth who have been bullied.</p>","PeriodicalId":73906,"journal":{"name":"Journal of prevention and health promotion","volume":"3 2","pages":"231-245"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10448948/pdf/nihms-1863076.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10477544","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bonnie J. Solomon, Brandon Stratford, Heather Steed, Sarah Sun, D. Temkin
{"title":"Implementation of a Capacity-Building Framework to Improve School Climate in an Urban School System","authors":"Bonnie J. Solomon, Brandon Stratford, Heather Steed, Sarah Sun, D. Temkin","doi":"10.1177/26320770211055861","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/26320770211055861","url":null,"abstract":"Mounting evidence suggests that a positive school climate can promote learning and well-being for students and reduce bullying and other forms of violence. However, many schools lack the capacity needed to engage in comprehensive school climate improvement. As part of a broader evaluation, this study examines implementation of a capacity-building framework for school climate improvement that emphasizes shared leadership and data-informed decision making. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with points of contact at schools receiving technical assistance and those that were allowed to work through the framework on their own. Interviews were also conducted with technical assistance specialists working with schools randomly assigned to receive the intervention. Analyses explored three key research questions: 1 What factors contributed to schools’ initial decision to participate in the project? 2 What factors were associated with sustained engagement? and 3 To what extent did schools build organizational capacity through participation? Organizational readiness, including both motivation and general organizational capacity, emerged as a key facilitator of sustained engagement. In particular, the presence of a champion was facilitative despite the framework’s emphasis on shared leadership. Staff turnover and competing priorities were identified as common challenges. With technical assistance, schools that were able to invest time and effort in the framework perceived growth in their capacity for shared leadership and data literacy. However, technical assistance specialists did not feel adequately prepared to support schools in implementing the framework. Our discussion focuses on implications for evidence-based technical assistance and implementing comprehensive climate improvement efforts in urban schools.","PeriodicalId":73906,"journal":{"name":"Journal of prevention and health promotion","volume":"51 1","pages":"195 - 230"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77248788","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}